MAYHEM To Headline 2025 Edition Of 'Decibel Magazine Tour'; MORTIIS And IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT To Support

The longest-running heavy metal tour in North America returns with its boldest lineup ever in 2025! The Decibel Magazine Tour resumes this spring with Norwegian black metal godfathers MAYHEM headlining Decibel's 12th continental expedition of the extreme.

Tour support comes from countrymate and dungeon synth progenitor MORTIIS, New York City cinematic death metal chaos wielders IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT and San Diego death rock night-bringers NEW SKELETAL FACES.

"Following the success of last year's tour with the legendary CANNIBAL CORPSE, we are really looking forward to returning to North America to once again headline the renowned Decibel Tour, also hitting some cities we haven't visited in a very long time," MAYHEM says collectively. "We can't wait to kick off the next chapter of MAYHEM with our North American fans. See you all soon!"

Presented by Century Media, and sponsored by Peaceville Records, Out Of Season, EMG Pickups, Perfect World Productions and the Requiem Metal Podcast, tickets for the 2025 Decibel Magazine Tour go on sale Friday, December 20 at 10 a.m. local time.

For ticket links and updates, go to this location.

"The Decibel Magazine Tour 2025" dates:

Mar. 17 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade (Heaven)
Mar. 18 - Nashville, TN - Brooklyn Bowl
Mar. 19 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
Mar. 20 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
Mar. 22 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium
Mar. 23 - Reading, PA - Reverb
Mar. 24 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
Mar. 25 - Montreal, QC - Théâtre Beanfield
Mar. 26 - Toronto, ON - The Concert Hall
Mar. 27 - Detroit, MI - The Majestic Theatre
Mar. 29 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
Mar. 31 - Denver, CO - Summit
Apr. 03 - Calgary, AB - The Palace Theatre
Apr. 04 - Edmonton, AB - Union Hall
Apr. 06 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre
Apr. 07 - Tacoma, WA - Temple Theatre
Apr. 09 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
Apr. 10 - Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
Apr. 11 - Los Angeles, CA - The Belasco
Apr. 12 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
Apr. 13 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
Apr. 14 - Mesa, AZ - The Nile
Apr. 16 - Dallas, TX - The Echo Lounge & Music Hall
Apr. 17 - Austin, TX - Mohawk

In a recent interview with the "Everblack" podcast, MAYHEM bassist Jørn "Necrobutcher" Stubberud was asked if fans can expect new music from the band in 2025. He responded: "Yes, you can. Teloch [MAYHEM guitarist Morten Bergeton Iversen] and Charles [Edward Alexander Hedger, MAYHEM guitarist] have presented some demos — both of them presented over 10 songs or 10 skeletons — so [they have] presented almost 20 songs. And I listened to everything, and some of it is really fucking good. So, after the Australian tour, I guess — no, some of us [are] gonna go on some tours with some other bands. But in March [2025], I think, we're gonna get together and start to hammer out this thing. By 2025 we should have been able to enter the studio. And then, hopefully, it would be cool to have it out in 2025. That would be a goal, but we'll see. But definitely 2026. And then, of course, we'll be heading out [on] a new world tour to promote it, I guess."

MAYHEM's sixth studio album, "Daemon", came out in October 2019 via Century Media. A live album, "Daemonic Rites", arrived in September 2023.

In early November, MAYHEM canceled its previously announced North American 40th-anniversary tour "due to a member of the band having a medical emergency that requires immediate surgery." According to the group, the procedure "will result in a prolonged recovery period."

The North American dates were scheduled to kick off on November 12 in Montreal, with stops in Toronto; Queens, New York; Chicago; and Los Angeles before and wrapping up November 23 in Denver.

MAYHEM launched a short European tour on December 4 in Paris, France.

When MAYHEM's North American tour was first announced in August, the band said that its 40th-anniversary show would be "a once-in-a-lifetime experience for fans, featuring a setlist that spans their illustrious career, from their groundbreaking debut album, 'Deathcrush', to present day."

Formed in 1984 in Norway, MAYHEM has been at the forefront of the black metal scene, known for their controversial history, groundbreaking music, and unparalleled live performances. Over the years, they have cemented their status as one of the most influential bands in extreme metal, continually pushing the boundaries of the genre.

MAYHEM has nearly 1,000 shows to its name. Since their formation in Langhus, Norway in 1984, the band — now comprised of Necrobutcher (bass),Hellhammer (drums),Attila Csihar (vocals),Teloch (guitars) and Ghul (guitars) — has brought its brand of bellicose, preternatural black metal to over 60 countries. From the United States and Germany to Australia and Brazil, MAYHEM has stunned, bewildered, and turned rabid a global legion. Much of that respect and devotion started in the early 1990s but persisted to the present day on the strength of official live albums "Live In Leipzig" (1993),"Mediolanum Capta Est" (1999),"Live In Marseille 2000" (2001) and "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive" (2016).